Francis L. Sullivan

Known For: Acting
Born: January 6, 1903
Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Died: November 19, 1956

Francis L. Sullivan

Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903, Wandsworth, London - 19 November 1956, New York City) was an English film and stage actor. He attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire, England whose alumni include Charles Laughton and Arthur Conan Doyle. A heavily built man with a striking double-chin and a deep voice, Sullivan made his acting debut at the Old Vic aged 18 in Shakespeare's Richard III and appeared in his first film in 1932. Some of his notable film roles include Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist (1948) and Phil Nosseross in the film noir Night and the City (1950). Sullivan also played the part of Jaggers in two versions of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations - in 1934 and 1946. He appeared in a fourth Dickens film, the 1935 Universal Pictures version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in which he played Crisparkle. In 1938, he was featured in The Citadel, starring Robe…

Filmography

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996 · Self (archive footage)

Hell's Island

1955 · Barzland

The Prodigal

1955 · Bosra

Drums of Tahiti

1954 · Commissioner Pierre Duvois

Plunder of the Sun

1953 · Thomas Berrien

Sangaree

1953 · Dr. Bristol

General Electric Theater

1953 · , Captain William Bligh

Cavalcade of America

1952

Caribbean

1952 · Andrew McAllister

Pontius Pilate

1952 · Herod Antipas

My Favorite Spy

1951 · Karl Brubaker

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · , Garman

Behave Yourself!

1951 · Fat Freddy

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Detective Yates

Sure As Fate

1950

Night and the City

1950 · Philip Nosseross

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

The Red Danube

1949 · Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron

Christopher Columbus

1949 · Francisco de Bobadilla

Lights Out

1949

Suspense

1949

Joan of Arc

1948 · Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais

Studio One

1948 · Herod Antipas, Long John Silver

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

The Winslow Boy

1948 · Attorney General

Oliver Twist

1948 · Mr. Bumble

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Broken Journey

1948 · Anton Perami

Take My Life

1947 · Prosecuting Counsel

The Man Within

1947 · Mr. Braddock

Great Expectations

1946 · Mr. Jaggers

The Laughing Lady

1946 · Sir Williams Tremayne

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945 · Pothinus

Fiddlers Three

1944 · Nero

The Butler's Dilemma

1943 · Leo Carrington

The Lady from Lisbon

1942 · Minghetti

The Foreman Went to France

1942 · French Skipper

The Day Will Dawn

1942 · Kommandant Ulrich Wettau

"Pimpernel" Smith

1941 · General von Graum

21 Days

1940 · Mander

Young Man's Fancy

1939 · Blackbeard, Vincent St George

The Four Just Men

1939 · Leon Poiccard

The Ware Case

1938 · Attorney General

Climbing High

1938 · Madman

The Citadel

1938 · Ben Chenkin

The Drum

1938 · Governor

Kate Plus Ten

1938 · Lord Flamborough

Fine Feathers

1937 · Hugo Steinway

Dinner at the Ritz

1937 · Brogard

Non-Stop New York

1937 · Hugo Brant

Action for Slander

1937 · Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)

Spy of Napoleon

Spy of Napoleon

1936 · Chief of Police

A Woman Alone

1936 · Prosecutor

Her Last Affaire

1935 · Sir Julian Weyre

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935 · Rev. Mr. Crisparkle

Strange Wives

1934 · Bellamy

Cheating Cheaters

1934 · Dr. George Brockton

Great Expectations

1934 · Jaggers

What Happened Then?

1934 · Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel

The Warren Case

The Warren Case

1934 · Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)

Chu Chin Chow

1934 · The Caliph

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

1934 · Carl Peterson

The Fire Raisers

1934 · Stedding

Red Wagon

1933 · Cranley

The Wandering Jew

1933 · Juan de Texada (Phase IV)

Called Back

1933 · Kaledin

F.P.1

1933 · A Sailor

The Right to Live

1933 · Roger Stoneham

When London Sleeps

1932 · Rodney Haines

The Chinese Puzzle

The Chinese Puzzle

1932 · Herman Strumm

The Missing Rembrandt

1932 · Baron von Guntermann

Destiny

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